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ReCAAP ISC issues its Quarterly Report for the period January - September 2013

UN chief urges collective action to fight piracy, armed robbery at sea in Central Africa

IMB Piracy infographic depicts maritime piracy around the world in 2013

Piracy report of Q2, 2013 reveals that somali piracy has fallen to its lowest levels According to IMB's new piracy report of Q2 2013 revealed today, somali piracy hasfallen to its lowest levels since 2006, focusing attention on violent piracy and armed robbery off the coast of West Africa.Worldwide, the IMB Piracy Reporting Centre (PRC) recorded 138 piracy incidents in the first six months of 2013, compared with 177 incidents for the corresponding period in 2012. Seven hijackings have been recorded this year compared with 20 in the first half of 2012. The number of sailors taken hostage also fell dramatically; down to 127 this year from 334 in the first six months of 2012.In the Gulf of Guinea, in addition to a rise in piracy and armed robbery - 31 incidents so far this year, including four hijackings - IMB reports a surge in kidnappings at sea and a wider range of ship types being targeted. This is a new cause for concern in a region already known for attacks against vessels in the oil industry and theft of gas oil from tankers."There has been a worrying trend in the kidnapping of crew from vessels well outside the territorial ...

Piracy and the Fate of Nigerian Shippers

ReCAAP issues report for April 2013

Live Piracy & Armed Robbery: Latest ICS Report

ReCAAP issues its monthly report for January 2013

ere has been a marked improvement in the situation of piracy and armed robbery against ships The ReCAAP Information Sharing Centre has issued its Annual Report for January - December 2012. There has been a marked improvement in the situation of piracy and armed robbery against ships in Asia in 2012.A total of 132 incidents (123 actual and nine attempted incidents) were reported in 2012 compared to 157 incidents (135 actual and 22 attempted) reported in 2011, and 167 incidents (134 actual and 33 attempted) in 2010.Compared to 2011, this is a 16% decrease in the total number of incidents reported in 2012, the largest year-on-year decrease during the five year reporting period of 2008-2012.The decrease was more apparent at the ports and anchorages in Bangladesh and Vietnam, in the South China Sea and the Straits of Malacca and Singapore. While statistics shows a consecutive downward trend commencing from 2010, the total number of incidents reported in 2012 was still higher than 2008 and 2009, hence there is no room for complacency.Of the 132 incidents reported in 2012, seven were incidents of piracy occurred in the South China Sea, and 125 were armed robberies against ships.Overall, there is a decrease ...

UN Report on piracy and armed robbery at sea off the coast of Somalia